by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán · El Mundo · tapa dura · ISBN 9788481304183
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«Tatuaje» is the crime novel by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, published by El Mundo in hardcover (191 pages, in Spanish).
A man is found dead on a beach with a tattoo on his skin; private detective Pepe Carvalho, a former communist and former CIA agent, investigates the case and reconstructs the deceased's life. Set in Barcelona during the Transition, it is the first novel in which Carvalho works as a private investigator.
The novel belongs to the Pepe Carvalho series and was originally published in 1974. This 2001 edition includes a prologue by Francisco J. Satué; the work was adapted for film by Bigas Luna.
For readers of crime fiction set in Transition-era Spain and fans of the Pepe Carvalho series.
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán was a prolific Spanish writer from Barcelona: journalist, novelist, poet, essayist, anthologue, prologist, humorist, critic and political prisoner as well as a gastronome and an FC Barcelona supporter.
